In the House of Payne, Men’s Basketball got 17 points, five rebounds and four assists from Jonathan Laurent and solid showings from Ira warren (11 points), Chaundee Brown (ten points, four steals) and Emare Hogan (six points, six assists) but they couldn’t overcome the frontcourt advantage of top-ranked Evans in a 71-60 defeat. Third-ranked DP falls to 11-3 on the season and will host Freedom Friday night in a tripleheader. JV Basketball got 17 points each from Carl Cooper and Rob Thomas as they pulled away from Evans, 71-63, for their first victory of the season. Freshmen Basketball dropped to 2-2 after falling to Evans, 51-43. Tim Dozier led the Panthers with 19 points.